Is EFF challenging the surveillance of communications with members of Al Qaeda?
No. None of the plaintiffs in either EFF lawsuit, Hepting v. AT&T or Jewel v. NSA, have communicated with members of Al Qaeda. Instead, the lawsuit is about the dragnet surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans, like the plaintiffs, who have the right to go about their daily lives without the government intercepting their communications or rifling through the records of their communications.
